Published Research Articles on Havening Techniques

Ruden, S. J., & Ruden, R. A. (2010). Treating the phobic and anxious dental patient: Introduction to Havening Therapy. Dentistry Today, 177, 1-6. PMID: 20408291

Gursimran, T., Tom, D., Gould, M., McKenna, P., & Greenberg, N. (2015). Impact of a single-session of Havening. Health Science Journal, 9(5:1), 1-5.

Ruden, R. A. (2018). Harnessing electroceuticals to treat disorders arising from traumatic stress: Theoretical considerations using a psychosensory model. Explore, 15(3), 222-229
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2018.05.005

Hodgson, K. L., Clayton, D. A., Carmi, M. A., Carmi, L. H., Ruden, R. A., Fraser, W. D., & Cameron, D. (2021). A psychophysiological examination of the mutability of type D personality in a therapeutic trial. Journal of Psychophysiology, 35(2), 116-128
https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000266

Feinstein D. (2022). Uses of Energy Psychology Following Catastrophic Events.
Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 856209.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856209

Sumich, A., Heym, N., Sarkar, M., Burgess, T., French, J., Hatch, L., & Hunter, K. (2022) The power of touch: The effects of havening touch on subjective distress, mood, brain function, and psychological health. Psychology & Neuroscience, 15(4), 332346.
https://doi.org/10.1037/pne0000288

Borchert, N., Eliasson, H., Hamne, G., Hodgson, K., Lyche, T., Mayer-Pelinski, R., Praesto, F., Radu, G., Sandström, U., & Stapleton, P. (2023). Learning from Läklabbet: An integrative transdisciplinary eco-therapeutic treatment approach designed to promote resource capacity in people recovering from chronic ill health. Open Science Framework: PsyArXiv Repository for the Psychological Sciences. Open Access Digital Archive. 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a6zw8

Hodgson, K. L., Carmi, L. H., Ruden, R. A., Carmi, M. A., & Cameron, D. (2023). Augmenting resilience to trauma: A parallel-group controlled trial of a psychosensory intervention. Open science Framework: PsyArXiv Repository for the Psychological Sciences. Open Access Digital Archive, 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7jm2s

References on Touch

McGlone, F., Wessberg, J. & Olausson, H. (2014) Discriminative and affective touch: sensing and feeling. Neuron, 82(4), 737–755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.001

WHO Immediate KMC Study Group (2021) Immediate “kangaroo mother care” and survival of infants with low birth weight. New England Journal of Medicine, 384(21), 2028–2038. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2026486

Packheiser, J., Hartmann, H., Fredriksen, K., Gazzola, V., Keysers, C. & Michon, F. (2024) A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 1088–1107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01841-8

Moyer, C.A., Seefeldt, L., Mann, E.S. & Jackley, L.M. (2011) Does massage therapy reduce cortisol? A comprehensive quantitative review. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 15(1), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2010.06.001